Debar

Debar, known in Albanian as Dibër, lies among the mountains near the Black Drin and Radika rivers. Byzantine writers knew the settlement as Devré, and the Albanian Gropa and Kastrioti families later held power in the region. In the 15th century Dibër became a frontier between the Ottomans and Skanderbeg's League of Lezhë. After leaving the Ottoman army in 1443, Skanderbeg returned with a small force; local supporters rallied to him and blocked the roads into the town.